Jeni: In "The Big Four" by Oscar Lewis (1946) it states that Leland Stanford went west in 1852 and traveled by steamer to San Francisco. There are about 4 pages about his early life in the east and in California in this book. It apparently draws on a biography In H. H. Bancrofts works. Ralph Ralph Anderson Boulder, CO [email protected] ---------- > From: Jennifer Stice Rowe <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CA-GOLDRUSH-L] Leland Stanford > Date: Sunday, October 18, 1998 10:28 AM > > > Sorry for cross-posting to those of you who subscribe to OT and > CA-Goldrush. > > Does anyone know how Leland Stanford (of the Big Four, railroad empire > and Stanford University, among other things) got to California? He > had a store in Michigan Bluff, Placer County from 1853-1855, before > going on to Sacramento. > > My family were his first cousins and were also in Michigan Bluff and > El Dorado County at the same time and I'm wondering if they came > together. I haven't had luck figuring out how my family came so > thought I might go at it another way through someone famous. > > Jeni > > == > Jennifer Stice Rowe, MD > http://www.accessone.com/~jsrowe > Family Medicine, Meadowbrook Clinic > Genealogy research: Stice, Brown, Miller, McCreary, > Bermingham, McLean, Lange/Lang, Hayburn, Greene, Bidwell, Barns, Stanford, Custis and others > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Please DO NOT post to multiple lists with one email; this can cause > bounced-mail problems for Rootsweb and for us; and those looking for > answers but are not subscribed to this list will not get replies. This > also occurs when non-lister's messages are forwarded to the list. >